by Dave Johnson | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Health
You may have heard about the "Cadillac tax" health insurance thing. As with so much else involved with the health care/insurance discussion, policymakers have chosen wording that causes most people to tune out. Terms like "Cadillac tax" have little meaning to regular...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 8, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Hillary Clinton gave a big boost to opponents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership when, in an interview on the PBS NewsHour Wednesday, she voiced her opposition to the just-completed "trade" treaty. Clinton joins fellow Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 7, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Setting the stage for The White House Summit on Worker Voice, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) today introduced The Workplace Democracy Act. According to Sanders' office, this legislation "would make it easier for workers to join unions and...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the August goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $48.3 billion. This is a big 15.6% increase from July's enormous, humongous $41.8 (revised) billion trade deficit. Exports dropped 2 percent and imports...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) say they have reached a deal. So here it comes. Monday morning it was announced that a "Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Is Reached," presented as much as a foreign policy success as a "trade" deal. "The...
